Denied
The Board denied the Appellant's claim for recognition as the Veteran's surviving spouse, finding that there was not continuous cohabitation between them from the date of their marriage to the date of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence did not support a finding of continuous cohabitation, and the separation was not due to the misconduct of or procured by the Veteran without fault of the spouse.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100107
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